Revisiting “Violence Against Women”: Feminist Activisms in the Late 20th Century

Berkshire Conference of Women Historians 23
Coordinating Council for Women in History 24
Saturday, January 10, 2026: 10:30 AM-12:00 PM
Logan Room (Palmer House Hilton, Third Floor)
Chair:
Rebecca Waxman, University of California, Los Angeles
Papers:
“Millions of Mathuras”: The Autonomous Women’s Movement’s Fight Against Custodial Rape in India, 1972–83
Rebecca Waxman, University of California, Los Angeles
“Mujeres, Ustedes Deciden si Se Embarazan”: Reproductive Governance and Voluntary Motherhood in 1970s Mexico
Vivian Hernandez, University of California, Los Angeles
“Nuclear Weapons Are the Ultimate Expression of Violence”: US Women’s Antinuclear Peace Encampments and a Broad Theory of Violence Against Women
Thalia Ertman, University of California, Los Angeles
Comment:
Lina-Maria Murillo, University of Texas at Austin
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